Title :
Refraction of power-law spatial solitons — The Helmholtz-Snell law
Author :
Christian, J.M. ; Sánchez-Curto, J. ; Chamorro-Posada, P. ; McDonald, G.S. ; McCoy, E.A.
Author_Institution :
Mater. & Phys. Res. Centre, Univ. of Salford, Salford, UK
Abstract :
The behaviour of a scalar optical beam at the boundary between two dissimilar nonlinear media is of fundamental interest in photonics. Here, we report the first systematic generalization of our Kerr analyses to a wider class of power-law materials. Universal refraction laws will be given, and theory-simulation agreement demonstrated.
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical materials; optical solitons; refractive index; Helmholtz-Snell law; Kerr analysis; dissimilar nonlinear media; power-law spatial solitons; refraction law; scalar optical beam; Equations; Laser beams; Mathematical model; Media; Optimized production technology; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Laser and Fiber-Optical Networks Modeling (LFNM), 2010 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sevastopol
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6994-9
DOI :
10.1109/LFNM.2010.5624212
